The USS Abraham Lincoln is still in service.
Yes, thank you for that clarification. It was simply its deployment, which was the longest deployment for a nuclear powered aircraft carrier in history, that was completed and for which the "Mission Accomplished" sign was made. And it was the completion of that mission that was being celebrated when W made his appearance on the ship. As I mentioned to another poster, I recognize my confusion on those details as a timely reminder that I should refresh my memory with a little bit or research before I post a comment based on my memory of the details of an event from several years ago.
Of course, the bottom line is that the "Mission Accomplished" was not about the overall mission in Iraq, but the mission of that ship. And to suggest that Bush was claiming the mission in Iraq was accomplished goes beyond getting a couple of details wrong to the point of deliberate falsehood.